{"id":4448,"date":"2009-05-20T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-cardinals-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-05-20T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T12:16:00","slug":"cubs-cardinals-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-cardinals-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs-Cardinals Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Chicago Cubs will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st2:GivenName>Righthander<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename>Ryan<\/st2:middlename> <st2:Sn>Dempster<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Dempster is 3-2 this season with a 4.65 ERA. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dempster&#8217;s opponent in this one will be <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Chris<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Carpenter<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName>. The Cardinals righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Cubs, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Joel<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Pineiro<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> tossed a complete-game three-hit shutout on Tuesday, as the Cardinals defeated the Cubs 3-0. The Cardinals won the game as +105 underdogs, while the three runs went UNDER the posted over\/under (9). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Colby Rasmus belted a two-run homer to lift the Cardinals, and <st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Yadier<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Molina<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> drove in the other run in the victory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName>Ted<\/st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn>Lilly<\/st2:Sn><\/st1:PersonName> suffered the loss, giving up three runs off four hits in seven innings on the hill. The Cubs were -115 favorites in that game. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn> has lost 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:Sn><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/st2:Sn>: <\/font><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:Street><st1:address>21-16 SU<br \/>St.<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <st2:GivenName>Louis<\/st2:GivenName>: 22-17 SU<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing St. Louis are 3-7<br \/>After playing St. Louis are 8-2<br \/>After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 6-4<br \/>Before playing Chi Cubs are 7-3<br \/>After playing Chi Cubs are 3-7<br \/>After a win are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Chi Cubs are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games <br \/>St. Louis is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games at home<br \/>St. Louis is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chi Cubs, Thursday, May 21<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Wednesday when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Righthander Ryan Dempster will take the mound for the Cubs to start this game. Dempster is 3-2 this season with a 4.65 ERA. Dempster&#8217;s opponent in this one will be Chris &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/cubs-cardinals-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cubs-Cardinals Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}